Yes. And I’m a man who makes his living as a divorce lawyer. You would think I’d be one of the last people to tell you that there are many situations where a couple can handle and process their divorce…

Question: Amazon boss Jeff Bezos and wife MacKenzie are divorcing. Who do you think will get the custody of their 4 kids? I don’t know enough about the family’s circumstances to know. Assuming both parents are personally “fit” to exercise…

Other than those who play the evil lawyer who represents the villains (because I wouldn’t want my lawyer to cheat, and as you’ll see, I wouldn’t need him to), I’d let any well-known fictional lawyer who wins represent me because each…

Almost, but not yet. Until recently, it wasn’t just a cultural norm, but a legal principle that presumed during a child’s “tender” years (generally regarded as the age of four and under), the mother should have custody of the child…

What are options for a parent who’s ex works the judicial system with the purpose of making the parent miserable? Said parent is losing time with her child because her ex is “friends” with the judge who rules in favor…

Without him perhaps even realizing it, he taught me what is to me the most important thing I could learn and know and be: do what is right, let the consequence follow. Dad was not perfect, but that made him…

I am a divorce lawyer, but I am not divorced and never have been. Good willing, I never will have cause to be divorced. I have always believed in marriage. There is no better way for men and women and…

My disdain for my mother-in-law grows every time I see her. Would you want a divorce from someone you knew disliked your mother? Not necessarily. Maybe your wife doesn’t like her mother either, but assuming that she does like her…

As a divorce lawyer, what is the most ridiculous reason your client filed divorce for? ‘Nothing super weird in my experience. About as ridiculous a “reason” for divorce I’ve been told is simply, “I’m not happy” when the person’s spouse…

This is almost always a no-win situation. There’s little room for error. If you live in a place where the police and social services are decent people with horse sense, you’re lucky, but if you don’t, take care. It can…

Ever? Certainly. Always? No. (and remember: though I’m a divorce lawyer, that does not mean I am a raving fan of divorce. I’m not. Rarely does even the “best divorce” measure up to a “sufficient marriage”) While it is clearly…

Can I successfully put a morality clause in a custody agreement to prevent my child from a living arrangement where my ex is living with a girlfriend? This practice is against the religious teachings in our faith. Yes. In Utah…

In Utah, almost certainly not. I cannot think of a scenario in which a parent (mother or father) has sole physical custody of the children and would have to pay any child support to the noncustodial parent. In that scenario…

I’m a divorce lawyer, but I would like respond to your question both as a lawyer and as a spouse. First, if learning your wife wants a divorce comes as a shock, you have my sympathy (and the sympathy of…

I am a lawyer. In my experience, lawyers are, generally speaking, not the most honest, ethical, or moral people. If you gauge success by amount of money or amount of cases won, you’re almost certainly going to end up naming…